The No.12 shirt
Two of the leading four passers in franchise history wore the No.12 shirt for the Bucs, Doug Williams and Trent Dilfer. But this number will always be associated with Doug, a five-year starter in Tampa Bay and the official beginning of the dark days of Buc football began when he left for the USFL.

Between these two came NFL veteran Joe Ferguson who made two starts during his two seasons backing up Vinny Testaverde. Trent of course will remain a hero for his character through the face of incredible personal adversity and there can hardly be a Buc fan anywhere who wasn't cheering for him when he won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens.

Marcus Knight and Adrian Madise were both one-game wonders from the 2004 season who were both inactive for their only appearances on the roster, but became part of the franchise all-time roster all the same.

Rudy Carpenter was a recent player to wear the No.12 jersey but his three seasons with the Bucs were spent wearing his cap backwards on the sideline and one hand-off in a 2011 home loss. Jordan Shipley and Roscoe Parrish both spent time during 2012 returning punts with varied success.

Josh McCown signed with the Bucs in the 2014 off-season and was appointed starter for the year but did little to impress coming off recent good seasons in Chicago and was released in February 2015. Chris Godwin took over the number for his rookie season of 2017 and has really impressed in his first two seasons.